Thank you for choosing to read this story. It is based on the divergent movies rather than the books but will only follow the story line for the first couple of chapters. I have rated the story M for later chapters. Hope you enjoy!
Artful means to be clever or skillfull in a cunning way. I have been told that I am artful my whole life, never sure that this was a complement but I suppose in erudite it is. The faction system is in place to make sure that peace is up held and that no one steps out of their place, our so called place is determined by our attributes. We all have to take a test through a simulation once we reach the age of 16. I know where I will be placed, erudite. It's where I grew up, its the faction I have already been classified into by my peers and family. All because of the one silly little word, Artful.
I suppose we all hope that we can prove others wrong, no one likes to be pigeon holed in to one category but I suppose this is the whole point of our system. I cannot argue that I do not have erudite attributes. I seem to be always looking for answers to questions that no one seems to want to answer, why do we have this system in place, who created it, why do we have to follow its ancient ideals but your not allowed to ask these questions, so does this make me brave like dauntless or just plain stupid and therefore not so erudite at all.
Fairness, to be just, I suppose this sums up Candor nicely. I am in no way Candor like. Yes, of course I believe in justice and writing wrong doings but being artful,as they say, means that I am in no way honest, cunning does not mean that you are honest. It means I am too clever for my own good, well according to my parents anyway.
Now do not get me wrong if I am chosen to be in erudite for the rest of my life this will suit me fine but there is a part of me which does not want my life to be fine, just fine. Who wants that? Although there are far worse factions to be placed in. Amity for example is not for me. It's not that I don't want peace and I am so thankful for all that the faction does for us but there does not seem to be any movement in that faction and by that I mean progression. They farm, they farm some more and that's just about what they're daily life consists of, I just couldn't. My brain is always going at 100 miles an hour, I need stimulation.
Abnegation, now that's a weird faction. Complete and utter selflessness. How can you be? I find it too hard to believe that someone could care more for others than they do for them self's, if I had to choose between someone I didn't know eating or dying and myself, it would be me every time. Does that make me selfish? No it makes me clever, it makes me erudite.
The simulations start tomorrow. Everyone in my faction seems so sure that we will all remain erudite, that nothing will change. I am not so sure and usually my gut is right. I think things will be different this year in comparison to other years. We have really only had one major change in the faction when it comes to the choosing ceremony. Sure people have swapped, erudite to candour to amnity, these are the most common swaps. People do not usually want to be abnegation or dauntless, both are too "out there" but maybe that's what we need, maybe that's what they all need. A shake up.